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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.
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I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at the gate. And last time, it was so bad, they actually made me go through the machine with the luggage.
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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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Men don't hear women.
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We got to stop doing that, ladies. You know, men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
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I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who's strictly just an actor or actress.
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Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.
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I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. But he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight. Rush Limbaugh, 'I hope the country fails' - I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? ... He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.
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To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.
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I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'
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